Tag: Kanu
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‘Nobody can hold me liable if Kanu doesn’t show up in court,’ says surety
Senator representing Abia-South District, Enyinnaya Abaribe, says he is not liable if the leader of the Indigenous People Of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, does not show up in court on October 17 for continuation of his trial for alleged treasonable offences. Mr. Abaribe was one of three sureties in the bail for Mr. Kanu in…
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‘Tell Buhari-led govt to produce our leader, Nnamdi Kanu,’ IPOB begs UN, UK
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on Wednesday begged the United Nations (UN), and the United Kingdom to prevail on the Buhari-led government to produce its leader, Nnamdi Kanu whom the group alleged has been missing following military’s invasion of his residence in Abia State. IPOB media and publicity secretary, Comrade Emma Powerful said that…
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Why IPOB is a terrorist group – Defence Minister, Dan-Ali
We have no apology for proscribing IPOB – Umahi Minister of Defence, Brig-Gen Mansur Mohammed Dan-Ali has explained why the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) was tagged as a terrorist group. According to the Defence Minister, one of the characteristics of a terror group was hate speech, which Kanu and his co-agitators had been making…
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Biafra: Calm down, we can’t pull out of Nigeria now – Lagos lawmaker tells Kanu
A Lagos lawmaker, Mr Jude Idimogu, on Saturday, said it was too late for the Igbo nation to pull out of Nigeria. Idimogu, representing Oshodi/Isolo Constituency II in the Lagos State House of Assembly, told newsmen in Lagos that secession would be injurious to the Igbos. He said: “As a full-blooded Igbo man and a…
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Egwu Eke: Between Kanu and Jollof Rice
By Okanga Agila Genuine freedom fighters anywhere in the world are known for a definite character. They fight and remain in personified expressions in words and actions. They do not run away; they do not go into hiding and dump adherents to languish in sorrow alone. Social activists have their fate sealed by the beliefs…
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IPOB’s ban: Army launches manhunt for Nnamdi Kanu, begins probe of foreign links
The Nigerian Army has launched a manhunt for leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, barely 24 hours after the group’s proscription. Kanu’s whereabouts have been unknown since the proscription was announced. The IPOB leader is on bail for alleged treason charges leveled against him. The Nation reports that his bail sureties,…
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No reasonable Igbo man will support secession, Okorocha blasts Kanu
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State, yesterday urged the Federal Government and citizens to treat the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as an individual whose views do not represent those of the generality of Igbo. No reasonable Igbo man, the governor said, “would support secession or division of the country.”…
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Biafra: If I were in your shoes, I will invite, dialogue with Kanu – Obasanjo tells Buhari
…Condemns military invasion of the the region Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said there was nothing bad if President Muhammadu Buhari invites and dialogue with the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, as a way of fighting a long lasting solution to the current unrest in the East. The former Nigerian leader said…
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‘Kanu not hiding or going on exile,’ says IPOB over re-arrest threats
The Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, has denounced reports circulating on social media that its leader, Nnamdi Kanu was on the run amid moves by the Federal Government to re-arrest him following an alleged violation of his bail conditions. Nnamdi Kanu This came as Ralph Uwazuruike, founder of the Biafra Independence Movement, BIM, said the…
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FG using Nnamdi Kanu to destroy Biafra – MASSOB founder, Uwazuruike
The founder of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, has said the Federal Government is using the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to destroy Biafra. In an interview in the current edition of The Interview, Uwazuruike accused Kanu of working hand-in-glove with the…